United States Boston foces Institute researchers 7 day indicated that they found the 3 different types of oral bacteria and one of the most common oral cancer — oral squamous cell carcinoma. While this finding may bring leverage simple saliva test screening for oral cancer.
According to a Reuters report on 7 July, the researchers said that these bacteria may cause oral squamous cell carcinoma that play a role. The research project Director, Boston foces Institute (Forsyth Institute in Boston), Donna · Meg said the discovery that we are looking forward to have found one for the early diagnosis of cancer. Meg said: "If you later on to be able to prove this point, it will be possible through the introduction of large-scale screening of saliva samples to save people's lives. ”
In the course of the study, Meg's team members of the 229 healthy people and 45 oral cancer saliva sample, and the results are compared. They found that oral cancer saliva, 3 species of bacteria (namely, P. C. gingivalis melaninogenica and S. mitis) level is significantly higher than normal.
The report says that the research results were published in the latest issue of the journal of Medicine of the conversion. According to the United States Cancer Society estimates that in 2005, the United States approximately will have 29370 people diagnosed with oral cancer or Oropharynx, of which approximately 7320 will result in death.
Bacteria and viruses can cause cancers are people well known, such as Helicobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori bacteria) is the primary carcinogenic factors; gastric cancer and HPV (human wart virus) is the risk of cervical cancer.
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